Railway-car.



F. H. GIBBS.

RAILWAY CAR.

APPLICATION man MAY 3. 19m.

Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

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F. H. GIBBS.

RAILWAY CAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, |915.

Patented Deo. 14, 1915.

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RAILWAY-CAR.

Application filed May 3, 1915;

` exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and` to use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred form of theinvention, though it is to be understood that the invention is notlimited to the exact details of construction shown and described, as itis obvious that various modifications thereof will occur to personsskilled in the art.

ln said drawings: Figure l1 is an interior elevational view of a sidewall of a box car equipped with the present invention. Fig. 2 is atransverse vertical sectional view, the section being taken on line 2 2of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view which is strictly diagrammatical and showsin outline a floor,` roof, two end walls, a door opening with a motorspace above said door opening and partitions extending transversely of acar body. Fig. Ll is a detail of a. catch provided for securing thepartitions hereinafter referred to in an elevated position. Fig. 5 is aplan view which shows a side wall of a car with the door opening in saidside wall indicated, and with the motor hereinafter referred topositioned above said door opening and connected by fiexibleV meanswithV parts arranged diagraminatically as hereinafter described indetail. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail view showingl parts hereinafterdescribed. Fig. 7 is a` transverse sectional view taken through the roofof the car showing the channel shaped cable runway hereinafter describedin position. Figs. 8 and 9 are detail views of modications.

The object. of the invention is to provide a car body adaptedto carryall kinds of movable commodities in which car body are disposedtransversely extending partitions adapted to4 divide said` car body intoa plurality of compartmentsV and to position in such car bodyin ay placenot occupied by lading,y suitable means, adapted.A to actuate one ormore of, such-r partitions to merge two or more' of thecompartmentsiseparated by. the iparti-tionsr Specification of LettersPatent;

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Patented Dec.. 14k, 1915.

SerialNo. 25,547.

ployed so that it may be installed over a sidev door opening` in a carand thereby offer minimum obstruction to lading is another object and toprovide means which can be employed to actuate partitions widely spacedapart, either singly or collectively, is another object.

The description and drawings, as well as the claims, are confined asnear as may be to the specific invention and such parts as necessarilycooperate with it and for that reason the drawingsillustrate more orless diagrammatically detailswhich are well understood in the art.

lt is well known that railway box and house cars are commonly providedwith floors, roofs, end walls, side walls and door openings in such sidewalls, and in the drawings 1 indicates the floor, 2 the roof, 3 the endwalls, 4; a side wall, 5` a door opening, 6 a space comprising a part ofsaid side wall above the door opening and 7 indica-tes generally a`motor, details of which will be hereinafter described, which motor isconnected with said side wall and preferably above the door opening withits operating shaft extending longitudinally of the car body. The objectin selecting space above the door opening for the motor is twofold.First, because such space is seldom occupied by lading and, second,where the motor is thus positioned it may be actuated by an operatorwithout actually entering the car.

Attached to the side wall 1 and preferably within the space 6 above thedoor opening are suitable supporting brackets 8 and 9, the bracket 9being duplicated on the opposite end of the shaft 1() which is shown.Supported by the brackets 8 and 9 is the motor 7, said motor comprisinga worm 11 in mesh with a worm wheel 12 secured to the. shaft 10 while achain wheel 13 is secured on the'shaft 11i to which the worm 11 isfastened by the pin 15, a chain 1G passing over the chain wheel 13` toactuate` said chain wheel and worm 11, thereby driving the worm wheel 12and shaft 10 to which the` wormy wheel is keyed.

Rotatably mounted on the shaft 1.0 are drums 17 and 18 on which may be,wound the cables 19rand 20: respectively. Secured tothe shaftlO- arefriction disk clutches indicated generally by, theA reference charactersA, said clutches.. comprising yokes Q3, carrying; disks.; 24s and a.Ashitting. spool; 25i

A shifting arm 26 is pivoted at 27 in the bracket 28, and movable withthe spool 25 is a series of disks 29 adapted to frictionally engage withthe disks 24 when the shifting arm 26 is moved in the proper direction.Said drums 17 and 18 are connected with the yckes 23 so that when thefriction disks are in contact and the shaft 10 is rotating the drums 17and 18, either or both, as may be desired, will rotate with said shaft10, thereby winding on said drums the cables 19 and 2O or the selectedcable of said pair of cables.

Extending transversely of the ear body are partitions 30 and 31. two ofwhich are shown, though it is obvious that the shaft 10 before referredto may be provided with any number of winding drums and such drums maybe connected by means of cables with the individual partitions.

In the example shown the partition 30 of Fig. 1 is connected by means ofthe cable 19 with the drum 17, said cable 19 extending over the sheave31 and winding the sheave 32, thence to the said drum 17. Likewise thecable 20, shown in Fig. 5, would extend iirst around the sheaves 32,thence horizontally substantially parallel with the roof 2 of the car toa sheave similar to 31 and thence to the partition at the opposite endof the car.

The drums 17 and 18 being connected by the flexible cables 19 and 20with the partitions 30 and 31. either or both of said partitions may belifted by the motor comprising the chain wheel, worm, worm wheel, shaft,drums and associated parts, and it is to be noted that the clutches maybe omitted if desired and the motor employed to simultaneously lift bothpartitions 30 and 31` in which ease the drums 17 and 18 would be securedfast to the shaft 10 instead of being rotatable thereon, but due to theweight of such partitions it is preferred that a clutch shall be used sothat but one winding drum shall be actuated at a time. For the purposeof locking the partitions 30 and 31 in the horizontal position indicatedby dot and dash lines in Fig. 1, I provide a hook 40 which is supportedby the bracket 41 from the roof 2 of the car, said hook providing apendant hooked end 42 and a movable spring actuated plunger 43. whichplunger is adapted to be engaged bv the lower end 44 of the partition30, thereby driving the plunger 43 upwardly and swinging the hooked end42 under the partition. as shown in Fig. 4. so as to support thepartition in its yelevated position.

Connected with the side wall 4 are racks 50 provided with ratchet teethadapted to engage the actuating handles 26 of the clutch assembly whenit is desired to lock the disk of the clutches in engagement. Itisobvious thaty the details of construetion 0f a clutch employed in theposition in which the clutches shown are illustrated is unimportant, butthe disk clutch is selected because the friction disk of that type ofclutch may be utilized as a brake when the partitions are being loweredfrom the dot and dash positions in Fig. 1 to the full line position inwhich the partition 30 is shown in that figure. Likewise the clutchesmay be employed when locked in frictional engagement to support thepartitions 30 and 31 in their elevated positions without utilizing thehook shown in Fig. 4, and it will be obvious that the friction of theclutches plus the friction incidental to the worm and worm wheel of thelifting motor will be suiiieient to support the weight of saidpartitions.

' The detail of Fig. 7 may be employed if desired in which detail isshown a pressed metal channel member provided with outstanding` flanges61 which are suitably secured to the roof 2 and in the channel 60 thecables 19 and 20 may extend, if desired, thereby supporting the cablesin their elevated position regardless of their length between theirsupports.

Idany changes in detail construction and arrangement of parts may beemployed within the scope of the invention without affecting the generalresult. For example, a single large hand-wheel of the type showndetached in Fig. 9 may be substituted for the chain-wheel, 13 in whichcase such alternate wheel 13a may be of greater diameter than said wheel13 and should be less expensive than the smaller chain wheel 13 and thechain 16 employed therewith. Likewise the shifting drum 18a of Fig. 8may be associated with a shaft 10a which is provided with a non-circularportion 10" adapted to engage a correspondingly non-circular recess 18bin the contiguous face of the drum 18a and the type of drum 18EIL may besubstituted for the drums 17 and 18 and the disk clutches A associatedtherewith, if desired.

What I claim is:

1. In a railway car, side and end walls, a plurality of partitionsextending transversely of said car. a single motor attached to one ofsaid walls and means connecting the motor and said partitions wherebythe motor can be made to actuate either of said partitions at the willof the operator.

2. In a railway car, a side wall having a door opening therein with awall space above said door, a lifting motor above said door, partitionsextending transversely of said car at each side of said door opening,fiexible connections from said partitions to said motor and meansoperable to cause said motor to aetuate either of said partitions at thewill of the operator.

3. In a railway ear, a plurality of partitions extending vertically andtransversely thereof, a lifting motor extending longitudinally of saidcar and flexible means connecting the motor and partitions wherebyeither of the partitions may be moved to a relatively horizontalposition by a single motor.

4:. In a railway car, a plurality of partitions extending vertically andtransversely thereof, a lifting motor extending longitudinally of saidcar and flexible means connecting the motor and partitions whereby bothof the partitions may be moved to a relatively horizontal position by asingle motor.

5. In a railway car, a movable partition extending transversely of saidcar, a lifting motor including a winding shaft extending longitudinallyof said car and flexible connecting means from said shaft to saidpartition.

6. In combination, car side walls, partitions extending transversely ofthe car between said walls, a single motor adapted to lift saidpartitions, a plurality of cables extending from said motor to saidpartitions and means adapted to cause said motor to lift each of saidpartitions.

7. In combination, car side walls, a plurality of transverse partitionstherebetween, and a single motor with connections adapted to lift eachof said partitions.

8. In combination, side and end walls of a box car having a dooropening, partitions extending transversely of said car and adapted to belifted toward a roof of said car, a lifting motor positioned over saiddoor opening and means connecting the motor with the partitions wherebythe motor can be employed to lift the partitions.

9. In a railway oar, a side wall having a door opening therein with awall space above said door, a lifting motor above said door, windingdrums actuated by said motor, clutches between the motor and drumspartitions extending transversely of said car at each side of said dooropening, flexible connections from said partitions to said motor andmeans operable to cause said motor to actuate either of said partitionsat the will of the operator.

10. In a railway car, a partition extending vertically and transverselythereof, a lifting motor having a shaft extending longitudinally of saidcar and releasable means connecting the motor and said partition wherebythe partition may be moved to a relatively horizontal position uponactuation of said motor.

11. In a railway car, a partition extending vertically and transverselythereof, a lifting motor having a driven shaft extending longitudinallyof said car and friction actuated means connecting the motor and thepartition whereby the partition may be moved to a relatively horizontalposition by said motor.

12. In a railway car having a side door opening, a movable partitionextending transversely of said car, a lifting motor adapted to lift saidpartition, the motor being supported immediately above said door openingand means connecting the motor and said partition.

13. In combination, car side walls, partitions extending transversely ofthe car between said walls, a single motor adapted to lift saidpartitions, a plurality of cables extending from said motor to saidpartitions and friction actuated means adapted to cause said motor tolift said partitions.

14. In combination, car side walls, a plurality of transverse partitionstherebetween, and a single motor with friction driven connections fromthe motor to said partitions adapted to lift said partitions.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

FREDERICK H. GIBBS.

Witnesses:

JANE M. BARRETT, M. F. PHELPS.

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Washington, D. C.

